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Peace and War Summit focus turns to infrastructure, military rivalry Pair of Wednesday sessions will delve deeper into U.S.-China relationship Discussions on China’s multibillion-dollar, multifaceted Belt and Road Initiative and the United States-China military rivalry lead the 2021 Peace and War Virtual Summit into its second week. The summit, presented by Norwich University’s John and Mary Frances Patton Peace and War Center, will hold a pair of sessions Wednesday. In the first session, from 10 to 11 a.m., the Naval War College’s Lyle Goldstein and Endicott College’s Vitaly K...

Heine Delivers Lecture on Consequences of Trump’s Foreign Policy On January 26, 2021, Ambassador Jorge Heine, Research Professor at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, gave a lecture during Wintersession 2021 – an event series organized by Wellesley College’s Freedom Project – on the Trump administration’s foreign policy, how it impacted the United States’ position on the global stage, and how it has altered global affairs.  Wintersession 2021 featured expert lectures on timely, pertinent topics that have excited sharply differing opinions as pa...

OPINION / VIEWPOINT By Global Times Published: Feb 25, 2021 09:23 PM Shuanghu County, Tibet Autonomous Region, was removed from poverty list on December 9, 2019. As of Oct, 2020, about 35,000 resettlement areas have been built nationwide, and more than 2.66 million units of resettlement housing have been built for the poor. Over 9.6 million impoverished people have relocated into new homes.Editor's Note:  Chinese President Xi Jinping solemnly declared "complete victory" in eradicating absolute poverty during a conference in Beijing on Thursday. China has lifted all rural poor people out...

Ambassador Jorge Heine, Research Professor at the Pardee School, was quoted in a recent  Financial Times article discussing Chile’s administration of the COVID-19 vaccine.  The article, titled “Chile powers ahead in Covid-19 vaccination race,” quickly points out that “the country [is] one of the frontrunners in the global scramble for vaccines on a per capita basis.” Heine attributes this quick vaccine acquisition and rollout to Chile’s positive relations with countries around the world and the its numerous free trade agreements. Many of Chile’s vaccines were acquired from C...

As the global community continues to grapple with the coronavirus (COVID-19), the Atlantic Council is open for business. Our business, meetings, and events, however, are occurring virtually. For more information, please read an update from our President and CEO. In the post-pandemic world, Pakistan will be forced to cope with internal political and economic challenges and a changing regional environment. The unfolding situation in Afghanistan and Iran, coupled with a new US-China relationship, will demand creative responses from Pakistan. On Friday, February 12th, from 9-10 AM EST, join the ...